Mission

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Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council provides youth education and outdoor adventure programs for over 40,000 youth in 18 counties of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. For nearly a century, the BSA has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun.

Mission

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Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council provides youth education and outdoor adventure programs for over 40,000 youth in 18 counties of Northwest Oregon and Southwest Washington. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) is one of the nation's largest and most prominent values-based youth development organizations. The BSA provides a program for young people that builds character, trains them in the responsibilities of participating citizenship, and develops personal fitness. For nearly a century, the BSA has helped build the future leaders of this country by combining educational activities and lifelong values with fun.

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Financial Charts

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Programs (FYE 12/2017)

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Program names and associated costs are listed for the top programs as reported on the charity's most recently filed Form 990. The top programs displayed will include the largest three programs, or those programs covering at least 60% of the charity's total expenses, whichever comes first.

Program Name

Amount Spent

% of Program Expenses

Scouting

$7,621,170

100.0%

Ratings History

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Within the last year, this charity had a CN Advisory removed. Read More

Ratings History

Prior to 9/1/2016, Charity Navigator issued Advisories under the name CN Watchlist and Donor Advisory.
For more information on the CN Advisory system click here. This charity was issued a DA.

This donor advisory was published on Thursday, October 21, 2010

The New York Times and The Oregonian reported that a molestation lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America, National Council and Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council has been decided in favor of the plaintiff. For further information, please see both The New York Times' and The Oregonian's news coverage.

In September of 2011, Reuters reported that four men filed a law suit against the Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council and the Boy Scouts of America National Council over childhood sexual abuse they say they suffered at the hands of a pedophile knowingly appointed as their scoutmaster in the 1970s.

For more information about the charity's efforts to protect its youth members, please visit the Boy Scouts of America, National Council's web site.

The Boy Scouts of America has responded to this Donor Advisory. Read their response here.

On July 24th, 2014, the law firm of O’Donnel Clark & Crew LLP announced that they filed a lawsuit against the Boy Scouts of America and the Cascade Pacific Council of the Boy Scouts on behalf of their client, whom they say, "was sexually assaulted" by a Boy Scout employee. For more information, please see the announcement on the law firm's web site, here.

2008-12

06/01/2010

76.32

two stars

2007-12

06/01/2009

89.56

three stars

Historical CN Advisories

10/21/2010-08/01/2018: Moderate Concern Advisory

In accordance with our policy for removing CN Advisories, Charity Navigator removed the Moderate Concern CN Advisory for the Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council on August 1, 2018, because the CN Advisory has been in place for more than a year (since October 21, 2010).

Charity Navigator had published a Moderate Concern CN Advisory on Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council because we became aware of the following information in connection with this charity:

On May 23, 2010, The Oregonian reported on the charges of improper conduct allegedly taking place at Boy Scouts of America, Cascade Pacific Council, in an article titled, "Boy Scouts lagged in efforts to protect children from molesters." For this reason, we have issued a Moderate Concern CN Advisory as the allegations have yet to be confirmed. For more information regarding this matter, please see The Oregonian article.

Charity Response

The Boy Scouts of America has responded to this Donor Advisory. Read their response here.

For more information about the charity's efforts to protect its youth members, please visit the Boy Scouts of America, National Council's web site.

On September 13, 2011, Reuters published an article titled, "Child sex abuse claims mount against Boy Scouts." For more information, please see the Reuters article.

On February 9, 2017, Oregon Public Broadcasting published an article titled, "Oregon Man Files $5 Million Suit Against Boy Scouts For Sexual Abuse." For more information, please see the Oregon Public Broadcasting article.

On March 23, 2017, The Oregonian published an article titled, "Former Oregon Boy Scouts file $14 million suit, claim sex abuse by troop leader in '70s." For more information, please see The Oregonian article.